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Witnesses said the car hit the Colfax-Mingo School bus on Highway F48 near Colfax about 4:10 p.m. The car burst into flames shortly after the crash and it spread to the bus.

Authorities received multiple 911 calls about the crash.

They said when the first rescue crews arrived on the scene, six to eight people were trying to put out the fire with fire extinguishers, but Ewurs couldn't be saved.

A third car was also involved in the crash. That driver and the driver of the school bus were not seriously hurt.

Authorities said the school bus driver had dropped off the last student just before the crash happened.

Eyewitness Kalie Winningham reported on Facebook that "Everyone made it off safe."

"I came through the same area five minutes before the accident. We may never know what happened, but I can tell you the sun was setting so this could be a visibility issue. Or it could be a distraction issue. Unfortunately the person in the vehicle that caught fire died at the scene," said Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty.